Jodocus
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Jodocus sometimes Josse, Joos, Joost, Joest or Jost, is a given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...

 and a family name
Family name
A family name is a type of surname and part of a person's name indicating the family to which the person belongs. The use of family names is widespread in cultures around the world...

. Other names such as Jocelyn, Jocelyne, Josselin, Josseline, or also Josquin and Jospin derived from it.

The given name Jodocus or its form Josse was popular in the Middle Ages in England.

Places

  • Josse, municipality in Landes, France
  • Jost Van Dyke
    Jost Van Dyke
    At roughly 8 square kilometers, and about 3 square miles Jost Van Dyke is the smallest of the four main islands of the British Virgin Islands, the northern portion of the archipelago of the Virgin Islands, located in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Jost Van Dyke lies about 8 km to the...

     one of the British Virgin Islands
    British Virgin Islands
    The Virgin Islands, often called the British Virgin Islands , is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union, located in the Caribbean to the east of Puerto Rico. The islands make up part of the Virgin Islands archipelago, the remaining islands constituting the U.S...

  • Saint-Josse
    Saint-Josse
    Saint-Josse, or Saint-Josse-sur-Mer, is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Saint-Josse is located 4 miles west of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D144 road...

     also called Saint-Josse-sur-Mer, municipality in Pas-de-Calais, France
  • Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
    Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
    Sint-Joost-ten-Node or Saint-Josse-ten-Noode is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium....

     in French, Sint-Joost-ten-Node in Dutch, municipality in the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium.
  • Sint Joost
    Sint Joost
    -History:13th Century - The village of Sint Joost comes into being as a small settlement around a former cloister .1730-1780 The area of Sint Joost is frequently raided by the so-called "Goat riders"...

    , small village in Limburg, the Netherlands
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